More than 555 thousand people were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Moscow. This was announced on Wednesday, February 17, by the deputy mayor of the capital for social development Anastasia Rakova.
She noted that for the next two weeks, about 60 thousand Muscovites have signed up for vaccinations.
“We see that the townspeople are actively coming to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. In total, more than 555 thousand people have already been vaccinated against COVID-19 in Moscow. Almost 60 thousand citizens signed up for the next two weeks. In this regard, we decided to expand the network of outlets where mobile vaccination teams work, ”she quoted her words in the Telegram channel“ Moscow about the important ”.
As Rakova added, new points have been opened since February 17 at VDNKh and in the Evropeyskiy shopping center.
Earlier, on February 10, the deputy director for scientific work of the Center. Gamalei Denis Logunov said that in Russia about 2.2 million people were vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine.
Large-scale vaccination of the population against COVID-19 began in Russia on January 18. The need for this was stated by the President of the country Vladimir Putin. You can get vaccinated for free with Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Center. It is the first coronavirus vaccine registered in the world and in the Russian Federation. According to the latest research data, its effectiveness was 91.6%. At the same time, the indicator among the group of volunteers over 60 years old was 91.8%.
All relevant information on the situation with the coronavirus is available on the websites of stopcoronavirus.rf and access vsem.rf, as well as by the hashtag # We are together. Coronavirus hotline: 8 (800) 2000-112.